Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 10:25

"not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting [one another]; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh." — Hebrews 10:25 (ASV)

But exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

Does not every day bring us nearer to the coming of the Lord?

Are there not many signs that these are the last days? Well then, so much the more let us stir each other up to love and to good works.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;

Yes; there are some who even make a bad use of what ought to be a great blessing, namely, the printing press and the printed sermon, by staying at home to read a sermon because, they say, it is better than going out to hear one. Well, dear friend, if I could not hear profitably, I would still make one of the assembly gathered together for the worship of God. It is a bad example for a professing Christian to absent himself from the assembly of the friends of Christ.

There was a dear sister, whom many of you knew, who used to attend here with great regularity, although she could not hear a word that was said; but she said it did her good to join in the hymns, and to know that she was worshipping God with the rest of His people. I wish that some, who stay away for the most frivolous excuses, would think of this verse: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;

But exhorting one another and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

It is not the work of the minister alone to exhort, but the brothers, and the sisters, too, should exhort one another, and seek to stir each other up in the faith and fear of God.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;

For Christian fellowship is helpful to us, and we are helpful to others by it. A Christian is not meant to be a solitary being. Sheep are gregarious, and so are the sheep of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us not be solitary pilgrims along the road to heaven, but join that glorious host of God's elect who march beneath the guidance of our great Master.